Distribution of the mosaic structured murM genes among natural populations of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 6798-6805

  Filipe, S R ^a   Severina, E ^a   Tomasz, A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUROPEPTIDE; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034462889     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.23.6798-6805.2000     Document Type: Article

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